Research into the effect of phonetic complexity on phonological acquisition has a long history in spoken languages. This paper considers the effect of phonetics on phonological development in a signed language. We report on an experiment in which nonword-repetition methodology was adapted so as to examine in a systematic way how phonetic complexity in two phonological parameters of signed languages â handshape and movement â affects the perception and articulation of signs. Ninety-one Deaf children aged 3-11 acquiring British Sign Language (BSL) and 46 hearing nonsigners aged 6-11 repeated a set of 40 nonsense signs. For Deaf children, repetition accuracy improved with age, correlated with wider BSL abilities, and was lowest for signs that were phonetically complex. Repetition accuracy was correlated with fine motor skills for the youngest children. Despite their lower repetition accuracy, the hearing group were similarly affected by phonetic complexity, suggesting that common visual and motoric factors are at play when processing linguistic information in the visuo-gestural modality.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15475440903245951
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机译：关于语音复杂性对语音习得的影响的研究在口语中已有很长的历史。本文以手语考虑语音对语音发展的影响。我们报告了一项采用非单词重复方法的实验，目的是系统地研究手语的两个语音参数（手形和动作）中的语音复杂性如何影响符号的感知和表达。九十一名3-11岁的聋哑儿童获得了英国手语（BSL），而46名6-11岁的听力非签名者重复了40套废话。对于聋哑儿童，重复精度随着年龄的增长而提高，与更广泛的BSL能力相关，并且对于语音复杂的体征最低。重复准确性与最小的孩子的精细运动技能相关。尽管重复精度较低，但听觉组同样受到语音复杂性的影响，这表明在以视觉手势方式处理语言信息时，常见的视觉和运动因素正在发挥作用。查看全文下载全文相关的var addthis_config = {ui_cobrand：“ Taylor ＆Francis Online”，services_compact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，delicious，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布号：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15475440903245951
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